* Prepare a report or speech for your class about the pet overpopulation problem or about responsible pet care.

* Volunteer to help younger students with their reading, and read a story about people helping animals.

* Do you know an elderly person or someone sick who has a pet? Volunteer to help feed, walk or bathe the person's dog, or change kitty litter. Your help may enable someone to keep a pet they might otherwise have to send to a shelter.

* Offer to collect supplies for the shelter from the wish list, and challenge another classroom to do the same...it's fun to see who can collect the most!

* Animal rescue groups always need money. Hold a bake sale, collect money from recycling aluminum cans, or hold a yard sale. The money could be given to sponsor spay/neuter programs or to help feed shelter animals.

* Make posters for the neighborhood about taking care of animals, spaying and neutering, adopting older animals, and everything that is involved in taking care of a pet. Ask permission to put these up in stores, veterinarians' offices, or on community bulletin boards.